Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Minnis, William, D.D a Presbyterian divine, was born, of Scotch-Irish parents, in Blount County, Tennessee, December 28,1799. He was educated at Maryville College, Tennessee; studied divinity in the South-western Theological Seminary at Maryville; was licensed in 1825, and ordained in 1826 as pastor of Westminster Church, Tennessee. In 1838 he received and accepted a call … Continue reading “Minnis, William, D.D”

MINNI A kingdom summoned to a war against Babylon, with Ararat and Ashchenaz, Jer 51:27 ; supposed to denote Armenia, or a portion of it. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Minni (Heb. Minni’, , etymology unknown; Sept. ,Vulg. Menni) occurs only in Jer 51:27 (and so in the Targ. at Psa 45:9, but wrongly), … Continue reading “Minni”

Minnesota The 32nd state to be admitted to the United States, 11 May 1858. The Falls of Saint Anthony were named in 1680 by the Recollect, Father Louis Hennepin, who had been carried into captivity with two companions by the Sioux Indians of the region, and was released by the explorer, Sieur Daniel Greysolon du … Continue reading “Minnesota”

Minkelers, Jean-Pierre Inventor of illuminating gas; b. at Maastricht, Holland, 1748; d. there 4 July, 1824. At the age of sixteen, in 1764, he went to Louvain, where he studied theology and philosophy at the Collège du Faucon, in which he became professor of natural philosophy in 1772. At this time the question of aerostats … Continue reading “Minkelers, Jean-Pierre”

Ministry, Minister The minister in the O.T. is Shereth (), a word which the LXX has almost always rendered . [The verb is rendered only in Est 1:10; Est 2:2; Est 6:3.] The office of minister was not necessarily sacred, but it was always honourable. The minister differed from the servant or slave, in that … Continue reading “Ministry, Minister”

MINISTRY, GOSPEL An ordinance appointed for the purpose of instructing men in the principles and knowledge of the Gospel, Eph 4:8; Eph 4:11. Rom 10:15. Heb 5:4. That the Gospel ministry is of divine origin, and intended to be kept up in the church, will evidently appear, if we consider the promises, that in the … Continue reading “MINISTRY, GOSPEL”

Ministry (, work; , attendance,; , waiting upon; , service). Besides the ordinary applications of this term to the common affairs of life, it is specially used in the Scriptures, chiefly those of the New Testament, to denote a devotion to the interests of God’s cause, and, in a technical sense, the work of advancing … Continue reading “Ministry”

Ministrel is found in Rev 18:22, RV, “ministrels” (AV, “musicians”); inasmuch as other instrumentalists are mentioned, some word like “minstrels” is necessary to make the distinction, hence the RV; Bengel and others translate it “singers.” Primarily the word denoted “devoted to the Muses” (the nine goddesses who presided over the principal departments of letters), and … Continue reading “Ministrel”

Ministration (Act 6:1) Neither Authorized Version nor Revised Version , except in the margin, indicates that ministration () in Act 6:1 and serve () in Act 6:2 are cognate words; or that ministration in Act 6:1 is the same word as ministry in Act 6:4. The ministration or serving tables is the distribution of food … Continue reading “Ministration”

MINISTERS, GOOD Phi 1:17; 1Ti 4:6 –SEE Man of God, LEADERS Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible